Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for COVID-19 vaccine booster dose

Pfizer Inc. plans to gain approval from U.S. regulators for a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine by next month considering the high risk of reinfection after six months of vaccination and increasing spread of the Delta variant. Pfizer an....

Instagram and Twitter might integrate NFTs auctions on their platforms

Reportedly, Instagram and Twitter are looking to incorporate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in their platforms. The social media giants are eyeing to incorporate collectible labels that imply an NFT auction associated with a certain post, as pe....

Sydney lockdown extended by a week due to risks of Delta COVID variant

Australia's New South Wales (NSW) state leader has recently announced the extension of Sydney's COVID-19 lockdown by a week. The move comes with a warning proclaiming that new cases of the highly infectious Delta COVID variant are b....

Indian fintech giant Pine Labs bags USD 600 Mn funds ahead of U.S. IPO

Pine Labs has finally managed to reach a valuation of USD 3.5 billion before its IPO plans in the United States. The Indian fintech giant has raised USD 315 million from investors Fidelity Management, Blackrock, Neuberger Berman Investment ....

Apollo Impact to buy 67% stake in recycled cartonboard maker RDM Group

Alternative asset management company, Apollo Global Management, Inc. has announced that certain funds managed by its affiliates have recently entered into agreements to buy a majority stake in RDM Group (Reno De Medici S.p.A.), a leading Eu....

Twitter plans to revamp labels with color for ‘misleading’ tweets

American micro blogging and social networking platform, Twitter Inc., has announced that it is testing new methods to contextualize misleading tweets that are not harmful enough to be removed from the platform entirely. The company recentl....

Google to soon offer vaccine info for Android users through COVID card

Google LLC is launching a built-in passes system for Android that will allow its users to store their phone with a digital vaccine card, called the COVID Card. This nifty feature will primarily be available in the U.S. and will depend upon ....

German unemployment rates fall as number of COVID-19 cases deteriorate

The unemployment rate in Germany has reportedly dropped to 5.7% in June as the Western European country records a sharp decrease in Coronavirus infections. The Federal Labor Agency stated that the unadjusted non-employment rate in Germany ....

Administering Pfizer jab after AstraZeneca’s could be effective: Oxford

A study conducted by the Oxford University called Com-COV has found that if the Pfizer COVID-19 dose is administered four weeks after a shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine, it will result in better immune responses rather than giving a second d....

Cairn targets India’s foreign assets to recover its arbitration award

Britain’s Cairn Energy plc is reportedly going after the assets of Indian state-owned banks and firms in foreign countries, as it seeks to recover the amount due from the government after an arbitration against Air India for the levy ....